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Mark 12:41
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Christ is in the court of women. It was for men as well as women, but it was the one from which the women were not excluded. Against its long wall and colonnade were the collection chests of the treasury – at least a dozen; some say thirteen; some authorities say more. They were very large and they had huge trumpet-shaped horns on them, into which a long line of donors constantly cast coins, and certain items also. But the coins are in view here. ‘Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.’
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Our giving is confidential as far as each other are concerned, but the Lord sees all. It is a significant part of our worship which he watches over. He sees what we give, but he sees much further than that as the passage will go on to show. He see how costly our giving was, and with what motive we give. ‘He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver’ (2 Corinthians 9:6-7).
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